Transit

I'm very confused by this book.

I really loved Outline. It made sense even though its narrative style is the same: explorations of different characters and their mannerisms and stories as told to a third party, our protagonist.

Despite Outline being about someone traveling to teach in a new place, there was more consistency and connectedness in that book than in this one. The events of this book felt incredibly disjointed and random. I had a hard time following where our protagonist was going or what she was doing.

Then there's the ending... I didn't even realize it was coming. There's just nothing to follow here.

I don't know. I'm shocked by how different this feels next to Outline.

I really enjoyed the way Rachel Cusk thinks, but this felt a little less cohesive to me than outline? Still really enjoyed it and will definitely read the third one.

I didn't identify with this as much as I did Outline, but if I ever get divorced, I'll know to revisit this.